Carl Abbott - Councillor for Stoney Stanton & Croft | Reform Watch
Profile and accountability tracker for Carl Abbott, Councillor for Stoney Stanton & Croft. Reform UK.
Role: Councillor for Stoney Stanton & Croft
Party: Reform UK
Reform UK councillor representing Stoney Stanton & Croft ward in Leicestershire.
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Carl Abbott linked Muslim children learning to pray with radicalisation and crime
Category: discriminatory remark
During a virtual council training session on extremism, Carl Abbott questioned whether teaching Muslim children to pray in schools could lead to radicalisation or a rise in crime. Footage obtained by ITV News Central shows him saying: "It really worries me when we see children in primary schools being taught to pray the Muslim way." Critics accused him of Islamophobia.